Photo: mark.watmough from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Madoc’s 3 schools with results spread wide in Ontario, 0 in the top two fifths and 1 in the bottom two
Counting a 3 km margin, Madoc has 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, for 1,085 students.
How Madoc’s schools do on Ontario’s tests
EQAO’s Grade 3, 6 and 9 assessments and the literacy test, 2024-25: each school against every school in Ontario.
Its School Grade is B: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 reading | 2 | 70% | 76% |
| Grade 3 writing | 2 | 58% | 65% |
| Grade 3 math | 2 | 59% | 65% |
| Grade 6 reading | 2 | 88% | 88% |
| Grade 6 writing | 2 | 86% | 86% |
| Grade 6 math | 2 | 60% | 51% |
| Grade 9 math | 1 | 46% | 55% |
| Literacy test (OSSLT), first try | 1 | 82% | 85% |
On Grade 6 math the area runs ahead, 60% against 51% in Ontario. 1 measures above the provincial middle, 5 below, out of 8. The three-year changes lean upward at 3 schools and downward at 0.
Every school’s results (3)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Madoc Township Public SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 60% · G3 writing 55% · G3 math 55% · G6 reading 100% · G6 writing 90% · G6 math 52% | Middle fifth |
| Central Hastings SchoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | G3 reading 80% · G3 writing 60% · G3 math 63% · G6 reading 76% · G6 writing 82% · G6 math 67% | Middle fifth |
| Central Hastings School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | G9 math 46% · OSSLT 82% | Fourth fifth |
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 (EQAO results; N/R where groups are too small). Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Where the 3 schools in and around Madoc are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Madoc
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Ontario.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Ontario.
A French-language school would mean a trip out of the area.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Madoc’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
A single system: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Madoc
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Madoc
High schools within reach of Madoc
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
One secondary school is within 15 km: Central Hastings School Secondary School, 3.4 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Hastings School Secondary SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | English public | Fourth fifth | 495 | 3.4 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Madoc
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madoc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 km |
| Centre Hastings 6.9 km | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 km |
| Tweed 14 km | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 km |
| Marmora 19 km | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 km |
None of its 3 neighbours has more schools in reach.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Schools inside Madoc and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- The kinds of school. Grades shown are the published range, from junior kindergarten (JK) upward.
- The year. Listed for 2024-25.
- Boards and systems. Boards come in one language each, and where the province funds Catholic schools, as public or Catholic; independent schools stand outside them.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Ontario school with a result on that measure, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Madoc
How do I get a place at a school in Madoc?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
How many schools are there in Madoc?
1 in the town, 2 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Madoc?
Not in or within 3 km of Madoc; the French-language board can name the nearest.
Sources: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information Finder 2024–25 and school contact list (Open Government Licence – Ontario) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).